Roses

Sanguisorba minor (up to 50 cm) Salad burnet Tiny green flowers present in a rounded head (10-20 mm). Flowers from May to July. Leaves are greyish and pinnately lobed (up to 12 leaflets). Found on dry limestone grassland. Image taken at Martin Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Rosa canina (up to 400 cm) Dog rose Tall rose with arching stems and curved prickles. Pale pink or white fragrant flowers (30-60 mm) present from June to July on hairless stalks. Dark green leaves. Bright red, egg-shaped, hairless hip. Found in hedgerows, scrub and woodland edges. Image taken at Powerstock Common, near Dorchester, Dorset .

Rosa pimpinellifolia (up to 30 cm) Burnet rose Low sprawling patch-forming rose. Creamy white fragrant flowers (200-400 mm) present from May to July. Leaves have 7-9 round leaflets. Blackish-purple hips. Found on dunes, coastal heaths, chalk downland and mountainsides. Image taken at St Davids Head, St Davids, Pembrokeshire .

Rosa tomentosa (???? cm) Southern downy rose Climbing rose with deep pink flowers on long stalks. Greyish-green leaves that are downy beneath. Red hips have downturned sepals. Found in hedgerows. Image taken at River Avon, Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Rubus fruticosus (up to 400 cm) Bramble Prickly clambering rose. White or pink flowers (20-32 mm) from May to November. Toothed leaves have three leaflets. Fruit is known as the blackberry and turns from green to red then black as it ripens. Widespread and common. Found in woods, scrub, hedgerows, cliffs, dunes and waste ground. Image taken at Martin Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Fragaria vesca (up to 30 cm) Wild strawberry Short hairy rooting plant. White flower (12-18 mm) with no gaps between the five unnotched petals. Flowers from April to July. Trefoil leaves. Fruit is red with protruding pips and downturned sepals. Found in open woods, scrub, banks and grassy places. Image taken at Martin Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Potentilla sterilis (up to 15 cm) Barren strawberry Short hairy rooting plant. Smaller than Wild strawberry with gaps between the petals. White flowers with slightly notched petals. Flowers from February to May. Trefoil leaves. Dry fruit. Found in wood edges, scrub and hedgerow emabnkments. Image taken at Martin Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Potentilla neumanniana (up to 10 cm) Spring cinquefoil Low creeping cinquefoil. Yellow five petalled flowers (10-18 mm) from March to June. Dark green leaves with 5-7 leaflets. Found on dry limestone grassland in lowland areas. Image taken at River Avon, Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Potentilla anserina (up to 80 cm) Silverweed Yellow flowers (15-20 mm) on long stalks (250 mm) from May to August. Silver pinnate leaves. Found on damp sparsely grassy places such as waysides, dunes and coastal cliffs. Image taken at Skomer Island, near Marloes, Pembrokeshire .

Potentilla erecta (up to 45 cm) Tormentil Low sprawling plant. Yellow four petalled flowers (7-11 mm) from May to September. Leaves have generally three (sometimes 4 or 5) toothed leaflets Found on heaths, moors, grasland, scrub, bogs and mountainsides with acidic soils. Image taken at Dinas Head, Pembrokeshire .

Geum rivale (up to 50 cm) Water avens Bell-shaped flowers consisting of five pale pink petals with dark purple sepals (10-18 mm) in a nodding head. Flowers from April to September. Basal leaves are pinnate whilst those on the stem are trefoil. Fruits are hooked in a head resembling a bur fruit. Found in damp woods and marshes. Image taken at Bentley Wood, near Winterslow, Wiltshire . Images are of the flower (left) and fruit (right).

Sorbus acuparia (up to 18 m) Rowan (Mountain ash) Alternate pinnate leaves with lanceolate leaflets that are toothed and hairy on the underside. White flowers (8-10 mm). Red berries (6-9 mm) Found in woods, moors and acidic heaths. Widespread and common. Image taken at Silverdale, Lancashire .

Prunus spinosa (up to 4 m) Blackthorn Stiff thorny thicket forming shrub. White flowers (10-15 mm) appear before the leaves from late March to May (i.e. before Hawthorn). Oval leaves. Fruit is a tart blackish-blue plum known as a sloe. Found in woods, scrub, hedgerows and coastal cliffs. Widespread and common. Image taken at Noar Hill, Selborne, Hampshire .

Crataegus monogyna (up to 15 m) Hawthorn Stiff thorny thicket forming shrub. White five-petalled fragrant flowers (8-15 mm) from late April to June. Leaves have 3-5 deep lobes.Deep red haw has one stone. Found in hedgerows, scrub, and woodland eges and rides. Widespread and common. Image taken at Martin Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire .

Potentilla reptans (up to 100 cm) Creeping cinquefoil Tall creeping cinquefoil. solitary yellow five petalled flowers (17-25 mm) from Juneto September. Palmate leaves with 3-5 toothed lanceolate leaflets on long stalks. Found on bare grassy places such as waysides. Image taken at Hod Hill, near Stourpaine, Dorset .

Sanguisorba minor (up to 120 cm) Great burnet Dark red flowers present in an elongated head (10-30 mm). Flowers from June to September. Found on damp grassland. Image taken at Thirlmere reservoir, Lake District, Cumbria .

Geum urbanum (up to 70 cm) Herb bennet Yellow star-shaped flowers (8-15 mm) with gaps between the five petals where the green sepals are visible. Flowers from May to Novevmber. Pinnately lobed trefoil leaves. Fruits are hooked in a head resembling a bur fruit with bronze tips. Found in damp woods and hedgerows. Image taken at Gait Barrow, Silverdale, Lancashire .

Rubus idaeus (up to 200 cm) Raspberry Weakly prickly rose. Dull white drooping flowers (9-11 mm) from May to August. Trefoil leaves that are downy white underneath.Red fruit is known as the raspberry and easily comes off as it ripens. Widespread and common. Found in woods, scrub and heaths. Image taken at Gait barrow, Silverdale, Lancashire .